Rodents Reflect Human Visual Processing: Motion Insight

A new study reveals that rats, like primates, have specialized visual neurons for accurately perceiving motion. By recording rat cortical cells and analyzing their behavior with AI models, researchers identified a cluster of neurons similar to "pattern cells" in primates, vital for processing complex motion. This discovery highlights the advanced motion processing system in rodents and supports the use of rats as models for human vision research, potentially benefiting the development of artificial vision systems and understanding visual pathologies. The study used AI models to confirm these neurons' capability to process complex visual motion. 

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